July 9 — Skate Elmo’s Fire Summer Sur5al tournament

The event will be at the Christiana Skating Center 801 Christiana Road, Newark, DE. Doors open at 5:30 pm and the first whistle is at 6pm. Tickets for spectators are $12 at the door and kids under 10 are free.

If you’re new to sur5al, here’s the basic rules:
* Teams of 5 skaters play each other once in a full 2 minute jam
* Teams may be co-ed, but no more than two men per team
* Teams must bring black and white jerseys and their own helmet covers
* Teams will vary in level from newly bouting to advanced skills, please be sportsmanlike.
* There’s no calling off the jam
* Penalties will be served for 20 seconds. If a skater fouls out, the team skates short for the remainder of the tournament. Teams can skate with as few as three people.
* For each jam, 5 Sur5al points are awarded for a win, 2 Sur5al points each for a draw, and zero Sur5al points for a loss, additionally each lead jammer status earns 1 point (max of 6 points can be awarded per Jam).
* The “winners” are the team with the highest number of Sur5al points.
* Winning teams will be rewarded $100, $50, and $25 for first, second, and third place respectively.